--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Cyanoacrylates don't seem to work worth a crap anymore, I doubt you'd
> find a
> > person willing to hang from a helmet glued to a steel beam with it
> anymore.
>
> I am told the isocyano acrylic hydro-copolymerising adhesives on general
> sale to the public are deliberately weakened so that idiots can't stick
> themselves permanently together with them.
This was done many years ago after a famous case in which a wife glued
her unfaithful husband to himself as he slept (no... she didn't cut
anything off, but the doctors just about did). I belive the solvent
that breaks the bonds in the current formulation is acetone.
My dad used to have a small bottle of "Eastman 910" adhesive in the early
1970s. _That_ wasn't deliberately weakened.
It sure would be nice if it were possible to make your own adhesive
monomer at home... I've made rayon, nylon and bakelite from scratch[1],
but I suspect that cyanoacrilate would be a bit much for an amateur.
-ethan
[1] I used to volunteer in a science museum and we performed a chemistry
show for the public.
>
> ZOG!. I want to be able to buy the _best_ adhesives (not ones that have
> been made inferior) and I'll be careful with them...
>
> -tony
>
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Received on Tue Feb 19 2002 - 16:49:23 GMT